Outline is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OUTLINE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to make a general statement without details
• draw, trace, or define the outer edge or shape of
• give a summary of
• To draw the outline of.
• Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
• draw up an outline or sketch for something
• trace the shape of
• summarize
NOUN:
• a line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram
• the contours or bounds of an object
• a representation of a word in shorthand.
• a general description or plan showing the essential features of something but not the detail
• short general explanation
• The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
• In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
• A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
• Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
• the line that appears to bound an object
• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
• a schematic or preliminary plan
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to indicate the main features or different parts of

Words related to OUTLINE

adumbrate14 apercu10 contour9 outlinear9 outlined9 outliner8 outliners9 outlines8 outlining10

Words that contain OUTLINE

outlined9 outliner8 outlines8 outlinear9 outliners9 shoutline12 shoutlines13

How to use OUTLINE in a sentence

• The features were large, clearly defined, and perfect in shape, proportion, and outline.
• A little way off, there showed high up in the gloom, the vaguely shining outline of the other fork, so I knew the inspector had it raised in his hand, ready.
• The grand outline of his tall figure filled the front of the altar.
• We passed the lengthened shores which give outline to Taquimenon Bay.
• The earlier constitutions were confined to a general outline of the organization of the government.
• Objects began to come out of the mass of the mountain, which no longer appeared a pile of dark outline, without detail.
• Such is a brief outline of the explanations that the two recovered seamen made to their former officer.
• This is but a general outline of the game, briefly stated.
• She could see the familiar outline of the House against an unpretentious sky, and that calm shape steadied her.
• The general outline of the work is the same as that given by Nennius three centuries previously.
• Before entering into the details of this expedition it is requisite to give a short outline of the circumstances under which we started.
• Descending the hill, we stopped at the crossing of the roads to take in the outline of the farm from this southeast corner.
• Thus, there are stick insects which only look like long round cylinders, not obviously stick-shaped, but rudely resembling a bit of wood in outline only.
• Other speakers throw out a still lighter anchor by keeping before them a rather full outline of their written and committed speech.
• From a private or a public library gather enough authoritative material on one of the following questions to build an outline for a twenty-minute address.
• He could not see her expression, only the pure outline of her cheek and a little pulse that was beating rapidly in her throat.
• And if, in this school, an outline of the fundamental principles underlying all religions be set forth for the information of the children, it can do no harm.
• It may be worth while, however, to outline in a very summary way the present status of the question.
• Both within and without the old home was as unchanged as the beautiful outline of the hills surrounding it and the vast hollow of the sky above.
• He exhibited a few dollars, and traced the outline of a sheep upon the ground, and, with many surprising motions of his arms, sought to acquaint them with the object of his visit.
• If it be a landscape, he brings it before you, either in outline or in detail, either by form or by color, as the occasion requires, but always with equal force.
• Everyone was in a cheerful mood as the blue outline of Key West peeped over the horizon, and all come on deck to catch a glimpse of their new home.
• Buried beneath the basement of the Pump Room itself has been discovered the masonry of a large oval bath, the outline of which is still marked out in the flooring.

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